This day the weather offered sunshine, with most of the recent snow fall having thawed and the temperature was just above zero. Having been off my bike since mid-December and this being my first ride of 2021 it felt hard, not quite a ´Retreat from Moscow´ as per Napoleon in 1812, but still tough enough… Continue Reading
Latest in: Gravel/Road – Asphalt with gravel sections
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DE Ich erkundete eine ostseitige Schleife von 4 Kiesabschnitten, die ich meiner Göttingen Strade Bianche Tour hinzufügen wollte. 21 Gravel-Teilabschnitten insgesamt auf dieser Fahrt. 48km. ENG I scouted an east side loop to be added to my Göttingen Strade Bianche tour featuring 4 additional gravel sectors and adding 10 kilometres to the route. I picked… Continue Reading
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DE Auf dieser Fahrt im Osten Göttingen entlang einer Mischung aus Asphalt und Kies wurde feuchte Wolke durch Sonnenschein ersetzt. 31Km+/Temperatur 4/9. ENG The damp cloud that often hangs in the Leine Valley gave way to sunshine and the temperature maxed out at 9! We were chasing shadows rather than feeling the bite of winter.… Continue Reading
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DE “Es war minus 20 im Jahr 2010” Ich denke, es ist kalt in Göttingen, seit vielen Jahren in London zu leben! Die 35km Tour umfasste Asphalt und 19 Gravel-Teilabschnitten. Besuch Warteberg and Rosdorf Warte unterwegs. Temperatur 3.0. ENG ´It was minus 20 in 2010´ is a common response to me when I comment on… Continue Reading
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DE Ich nahm mir eine Auszeit von meinem Fahrrad und es war für mich von Vorteil, mich auszuruhen, nachzudenken und das Fahren zu verpassen. Trotzdem war es großartig, wieder in die Pedale zu treten. Ich fühlte die Kälte auf dieser Fahrt entlang des Leine-Tals. 44km – 28 gravel sectors – Gravel-Teilabschnitten. ENG Enforced periods of… Continue Reading
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DE Göttingen hat heute viele “weiße Straßen” Josh Schenk und ich sind ein paar Abschnitte gefahren. Ich habe mich für 28-mm-Vittoria-Pave-Reifen entschieden, als ich als Profi-Rennfahrer bei der italienischen Strade Bianchi oder Paris Roubaix gespielt habe. ENG Riding with road tyres on the white roads of Göttingen is tough but fun! I rode a pair… Continue Reading
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46KM: 25 gravel sectors – Gravel-Teilabschnitte + farm roads/ Landwirtschaftstraßen. DEHeute in Göttingen regnete es `Misling´ (Ein englisches Wort von Jane Austen zum Niesel Wetter) ENGOn this road/gravel ride in Göttingen rain hung like a suffocating layer. 18/19th Century writer Jane Austen coined the word Misling to help describe this type of weather. Polite society… Continue Reading
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DE Eni ´Fartlek´ 51km Tour mit 16 Gravel-Teilabschnitte. Schön die Sonne zu sehen. ENG A few big chain ring moments as I played upon 16 sections of Göttingen gravel roads. With time being short I made the most of the sunshine and drying trails over 51kms. The harvest time tractors and semi-trailers have churned up… Continue Reading
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DE 47km gravel und Asphalt Tour in der Leine Tal, Göttingen mit 17 Gravel Teilabschnitte (Strade Bianche). Ein ´Freddie Frinton´ tour – ´the same procedure as last time´. ENG A 47km gravel and road ride in the Leine Valley, Göttingen with 17 sectors of gravel (Strade Bianche). An easy paced ride and perfect for recovery… Continue Reading
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It seems we have gravel in our heads in the form of ´Ear Rocks´. OK, it´s not really gravel as we know it (as Spock might say in Star Trek), ratherthey are calcium crystals. I suffer from vertigo although I do not panic, but just feel uneasy when at a cliff edge or similar. Completely… Continue Reading
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I rode the Gö PRBX route in the rain as part of my recovery from having two of my Wisdom Teeth extracted. A cycle ride based upon the Hainberg overlooking the German city of Göttingen featuring gravel, forest trails, Panzerweg, Kopfsteinpflaster (Cobbles), some use of public roads and importantly gnarly Befestigter Waldweg (Reinforced wild road).… Continue Reading
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My second recovery ride since an infection hit me because I had too many teeth, two wisdom teeth now extracted (stitches out on Tuesday). I say goodbye to the last of these troublesome teeth (they lack any wisdom) in 13 days’ time. On a road ride last Saturday, I felt discombobulated and today I felt… Continue Reading
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Soon into the ride Andrea snapped her chain, happily this was quickly fixed, and we continued to ride in a relaxed manner out to Besenhausen to eat Goosegog Kuchen close to the now defunct internal border. We rode out along the Gutingi Strade Bianche route before we swung home in warm weather. 56km. The Ride… Continue Reading
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Cycle rides in and around the German city of Göttingen. Gutingi is the ancient name for Göttingen a university city set in the heart of Germany, Central Europe. There are three Gutingi Tours at present each of different lengths: The Gutingi Strade Bianche, Gutingi STEIN PRBX and Gutingi All Along the Watchtower – Die Warten. These… Continue Reading
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Eine Hainberg-Radtour mit Göttingenpanorama auf Gravel, Waldwegen, Panzerwegen, Kopfsteinpflaster, teils auf öffentlichen Straßen, aber hauptsächlich auf holperigen, befestigten Waldwegen. Eine Rundtour von ca. 15 km Länge, so gut, dass ich sie gleich mehrmals gemacht habe!! DE German – ENG Home – Route – Gallery – Gutingi Rides Mobilität Straßen, Pfade und Trails sind für unser… Continue Reading
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Its amazing when I think about it, is that I could take this ride so very much for granted. Before I moved here to Central Europe, I dreamed of riding such gravel roads, but now I can use them to simply go and eat great Goosegog cake. So no, I do not take it for… Continue Reading
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Riding a circuit is cool, you can stay close to home, you can step off when your body says so and you can go home should a monsoon attack. What it doesn´t have to be is boring! This tough 15km circuit ridden on a 28m front and 26m rear tyre featured asphalt, stein roads, Kopfsteinpflaster… Continue Reading
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In the time I was forced to stay off my bike because of illness the farm trails and roads which once offered clear views across the landscape now travel through canyons of tall corn crops as ´High as an Elephants Eye´ (Oklahoma) reaching a point of harvest. I rode my road/gravel bike so I could… Continue Reading
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There are simply not enough cobbles (Kopfsteinpflaster) in the area to replicate the Paris Roubaix cycle race. What we do have are kilometres of Strade Bianche, then there is Befestigter Waldweg, and in addition there are concrete farm roads all of which criss-cross the area in abundance. On this ride I went scouting for cool… Continue Reading
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Freddie Frinton Rides are rides which are to paraphrase Freddie,“The same procedure as last time” from Dinner For One, a cult German film shown each New Year. These are gravel, road or gravel/road rides that are undertaken regularly and this includes Freddie Frinton Ride One featured here. Eine kurze Fahrt mit Gunnar auf lokalen Trails… Continue Reading
